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dummy pronoun

dummy pronoun noun: a pronoun used to fulfill a syntactic role rather than one with a specific referent. For example, the "it" in "It's raining".

Noun

dummy pronoun (plural dummy pronouns)

  1. A pronoun used to fulfill a syntactic role rather than one with a specific referent. For example, the "it" in "It's raining".

Forms of dummy pronoun

pluraldummy pronouns

Questions about dummy pronoun

What does dummy pronoun mean?
Dummy pronoun means a pronoun used to fulfill a syntactic role rather than one with a specific referent. For example, the "it" in "It's raining".
What part of speech is dummy pronoun?
Dummy pronoun is a noun.
What is the plural of dummy pronoun?
The plural of dummy pronoun is dummy pronouns.

Words near dummy pronoun in the dictionary

  1. dummy halves
  2. dummy it
  3. dummy light
  4. dummy lights
  5. dummy out
  6. dummy pronoun
  7. dummy pronouns
  8. dummy run
  9. dummy runs
  10. dummy scissors
  11. dummy spit

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